GELATO CLONE

1-05-2021 Here she is after weeks of isolation in a low watt grow area. She was place and clipped on 1-2-2021 so it's ironic that she is on her way to glory May 1st 2021 3 months later. I did not start at the germination stage. Sorry! The diary starts at the first day under the big light transplanted into her new home, where in a few weeks i will start the flower process. This is a good indication of how long you can keep that clone going once you snip of your baby from the mother about to go to flower. She is healthy and happy in her new home. I will bump up nutrition in the next week. Follow along since I haven't done Soil less in awhile but decided to go this route given the size of the clone. lol Now in the past months i have had to clip her down a few times so she has a close to pencil sized stalk and should bare some nice sized fruity bud in the end. The secret to keeping her alive in a small beer cup is keep her hydrated and moderate humidity and Temperature but don't over water and use very little Nutrition.😎

8-5-2021 First week under the full light and she is starting to grab root in her new environment, She managed to grow another 2 inches. Increased the nutrition a tad bit and the Cal/Mg too. Gave the whole plant a good soaking. i also added some B1 to her diet. We will see how that helps. Overall she looks pretty good given the long hibernation and trimming to keep her in control. Going to have to keep tabs on height too. Probably turn them to flower in the next 2 weeks or 12 inches more putting the plant at just over 3ft add another 2ft stretch and 1ft for the pot would knock her up to 6ft not giving much room for the light. Oh well the things you have to stress about when growing a weed.😎

15-5-2021 Started the flower cycle after 2 weeks of solid growing and pushing out more than a foot in height. I will keep the Veg nutrition going for the next week and flush with Ph adjusted and the addition of Cal/Mg. Just one flush should be sufficient. I will add the Bloom Nutrition after a day, I don't want to shock her to much before. I am not planning on transplanting this girl, so she will have to perform well in a tight container. This is not something I would normally do, I would have used a 25 gallon pot from Beer Cup but this is a very quick grow before the Summer Heat hits the grow room.😎

22-5-2021 2nd week of flower and all is good. She is starting to stretch and I am having to raise the light a little each day. She has good color, stalk is firm and thickening but unlike Aeroponics her stalk is nowhere close to that size. I'm going to ride this one with the smaller sized pot right to harvest. The Gelatois an easier grow than what is said in the forums etc. A beautiful plant with lush foliage. Her Mother had very hard buds so I am hoping for the same here. Should be interesting to see what numbers and quality of bud is generated with a 10+week clone with only one transplant and 2 weeks of veg before flower starts. That's 4+ weeks less than seed. I still think seed is best. Do You?😎

29-5-2021 Starting 3rd week of flower and you can now notice the buds forming. She stretched quite a bit and I don't believe she is about to stop for at least another week. I'm looking to add some Big Bud to the regiment of nutrients and see if it makes somewhat of a difference. Gelato is budding everywhere and seems larger quicker than other strains being grown.😎

5-6-2021 We are well into flower now and she is popping out and building everywhere. I am sure this Big Bud has a little to do with the size of these buds or the strain just likes to make big buds. started to rotate a little each day to allow every bud to absorb as much light as they can. She is a good size to manage and not yet out of control lol. Haven't noticed any pests flying around or crawling other than the many spiders here in the room. The best offence is a good defense and they seem to take who ever flies or crawls by.😎

12-6-2021 Into week 5 of flower and she is packing it on, not to say that the Big Bud is making a difference but she is looking nice and colorful. Picked up the watering every other day or once she feels light to pick-up. I am going to keep this formula running for a few more weeks then prepare for harvest. Air circulation is most important now more than ever as temperatures climb and so does the Humidity. At this point I have not turned on the Ozone Generator AIR Tiger yet to control bacteria and mold possibilities.😎

19-6-2021 We have now reached the midway point of Flower! She has gained a little in size this week and losing a few leaves here and there Her buds are very hard to the squeeze . Haven't altered the nutrition other than the elimination of Big Bud additive. She is close to the light where she enjoys the most rays. No pests of any kind and leaves still look in good shape. 5 weeks to harvest. So far it seems a nice harvest will happen and a new quick grow/Harvest with 11 week clones is about to become the norm at this stage of the spring /summer weather. A grow break from med July t'ill End of August will commence due to extreme Heat of 38C + inside the room with 1000w MH. 18hrs a day.😎

26-6-2021 Always moving forward. Humidity week ahead for at least 5 days. Air movement now is more important so just shy of blowing them over lol. Buds are getting harder and heavier. I love giving them buds a pinch with small plastic tweezers.😎 Gelato is a strong plant bearing nice fruit. Iv'e noticed a little browning around the outside edges of leaves. Could be a Potassium problem starting. I'll keep an eye on this.

3-6-2021 Tall and well stacked is this girl. She loves to flower and is producing some nice very hard bud candy. She is coming close to harvest and will go through a flush in the next few weeks as the scissors get sharpened in anticipation of her big day.😎

10-7-2021 Flush Flush Harvest approaches. No nutrition, No rinse enzymes. Just well water, this will go on every 2 days until Harvest the 18th or 19th one week later.The buds they are very sticky and starting to fall over a little. trying to keep the plants themselves from falling over.😎

Starting off with a good well rounded cloned strain was a plus here for sure . The veg period from low intensity 50w (11 Weeks Veg) to High 1000w veg for a short 2 week period after a transplant to a larger container goes to show that you can get some decent bud in 12 weeks as opposed to a 4-6 week veg period + 10 week flower from seed. Double the time( But you could potentially double the harvest too. Gelato will be grown in my next diary so stay tuned.😎